Euroleague: Obradovic puts Real Madrid in a mess: Tavares injury, triple on the horn and 0-1 | euroleague 2022

Punter finished off the whites at WiZink in an agonizing duel in which Deck shone and Muso made serious mistakes. Thursday, second game

The road to the ninth Final Four of the last 12, to continue in the European summits to which it has become accustomed, demands a test of character from Real Madrid, a start at the moment of truth in this series with traps towards Kaunas . Partizan, which brings together almost all the elements that one does not want in front of them, nevertheless took Wizink and filled the white playoffs with bad news. A triple on the horn of Kevin Punter crowned the spell of Obradovic to put the 0-1 and put those of Chus Mateo. [87-89: Narracin y estadsticas]

Zeljko’s animal scream when his pupil hit the shot that gave him another victory (actually, there were 0.4 seconds remaining in which Hezonja He did not touch or hoop) to enlarge his legend he summarized the ardor of a stupendous battle. For Madrid it was not only the defeat that forced them to win at least one in Belgrade, perhaps the harshest scenario in all of Europe, it was also the sensations, that loss of fang in the outcomes that is already beginning to be a trend. And, worst of all, the injury to its key element, a tavares that he could not play the second part.

Zeljko received a nice round of applause from the Palace that was his home one day, when he won that 95 European Cup with Sabonis y Arlauckasthe last one before the it was Laso. They say that the teacher is having a good time back home 30 years later. He gives off the same passion as always and his fights continue to be anthological. His aura is also a stupendous game plan, with which Partizan takes over the dawn and makes its intentions clear (6-14). The triples of Smiley they wore down Tavares, goal number one.

stink, forgotten

Madrid reacted to that first warning thanks to the giant and, above all, to Deck, who withdrew exhausted after his effort to level the night. The start of the second round, with Build At the controls, it was a moment to take off (30-22 after an 8-0 run), but Madrid got tangled up with some arbitration decisions and Partizan returned to the charge with three-pointers, with the talent of Punter, another of those to whom Zeljko has relaunched the race, unleashed: 13 points from the escort and again the visitor’s advantage. The first half left two notes: the offensive rebound was the white handle to do damage and Musa was lost, zero points, three fouls, all in attack.

It had been a frantic basketball exercise, but Madrid couldn’t keep conceding so many points. Everyone got even more complicated with Tavares’ discomfort in his left knee after the break -after a few seconds in the third act, he no longer played-, although, curiously, without him and with Randolph For the first time on the track, Chus Mateo’s men rebelled again, another 8-0 to recover the initiative in the pure thickness of a night doomed to emotion.

In that abyss the winners appear. The thunderous like Rudy and the silent ones like Deck. The Balearic from the defense and contagion from him, the Argentine from the offensive responsibility, from those unstoppable penetrations. Warriors that do not wrinkle. Neither did Obradovic’s soldiers, who revived to the local maximum (77-70) to further raise the temperature. To enter the finish line sending with a three plus one from Punter. Musa made several serious mistakes, Mateo remembered Hezonja late and not even the infallible Deck (8 of 8) saved him. The genius of Punter with Yabusele on top, the genius of Obradovic.